Amcor and Nestlé launch recyclable flexible retort pouch

On 29 September 2020, Amcor, a global leader in packaging, in collaboration with Nestlé, launched the world’s first recyclable flexible retort pouch. Amcor and Nestlé’s recyclable packaging improves consumer packaging’s carbon footprint by up to 60%* starting with wet cat food. It is likely to be extended to consumer food products requiring high moisture and oxygen barriers and heat resistance. Using Amcor’s AmLite HeatFlex Recyclable solution, the new high barrier pouch will first appear in stores in the Netherlands in October 2020. Amcor and Nestlé partnered to overcome one of the considerable challenges facing the industry – the inability to recycle retort flexible packaging – and have achieved a technical breakthrough which underscores both companies’ long-term commitment to more sustainable packaging solutions. During the product development process, the partners collaborated, testing for heat resistance, machine performance, shelf-life, and recyclability in the real world. “Amcor and Nestlé together have been able to create a unique solution that for years was thought impossible,” says Michael Zacka, president of Amcor Flexibles EMEA. “This high-barrier, high-heat resistant, packaging can…

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